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Pete Townshend has said he hopes the Who returns for farewell dates before they “crawl off and die.” Whether they’d be touring behind a follow-up to 2019’s Who is another matter. Bandmate Roger Daltrey doesn’t seem interested in a return to the studio – and Townshend isn’t in the mood to argue. “I’m not gonna try to bully Roger to do anything,” Townshend tells the Daily Beast. “I don’t want to have the job that I used to have around the time of Quadrophenia, which is bullying everybody in the Who to do exactly what I want to do.” Who was a Top 5 international hit, going gold in the U.K. At tha...
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Pete Townshend ist süchtig nach Online-Shopping.Der 79-jährige Rocker ist nach eigenen Angaben shoppingsüchtig - allerdings glaubt der Who-Gitarrist nicht, dass es so schädlich ist, wie damals, als er süchtig nach Alkohol und Drogen war. Im 'What It Takes'-Podcast sagte Pete: „Ich gehe auf Amazon und kaufe Dinge, die ich schon habe. Ich weiß nicht, warum ich das tue. Es ist eine Belastung. Ich habe eine elektrische Zahnbürste, warum habe ich noch eine gekauft? Ich denke, dass jeder Mensch süchtig ist, also gebe ich der Sucht keine andere Schuld als die Tatsache, dass ich ein Mensch bin. Wenn i...
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Pete Townshend is addicted to online shopping. The 79-year-old rocker believes "everybody is an addict" but The Who guitarist doesn't think being hooked on splurging on Amazon is as damaging as when he was hooked on alcohol and drugs. Speaking on the 'What It Takes' podcast, Pete said: “I go on Amazon and I buy things that I’ve already got. I don’t know why I do that. It’s an encumbrance. I’ve got an electric toothbrush, why did I buy another one? "I think everybody is an addict, so I don’t blame addiction on anything but the fact I’m a human being. "So if I have addictions now, and I think I ...
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Pete Townshend says he’d never been happy with the 1979 movie version of Quadrophenia. The Who guitarist explained that was one of the reasons why he’d developed a ballet version of the storyline, which was first exposed via the 1973 album. “I was never happy with the film,” Townshend told NME in a recent interview. “I felt the film was lazy. It was not based on my story and it didn’t include much of my music. So I thought here was an opportunity to do something that honours the music, but also possibly takes it into a new era, a new place.” READ MORE: When the Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ Movie Premi...
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Pete Townshend said the Who didn’t make money from most of their albums as a result of theft by their managers, especially during their first eight years of making records. The guitarist also recalled one of his final meetings with Jimi Hendrix, when they talked about being the victims of illegal activities. In a recent interview with NME, Townshend was asked if it made financial sense for established bands to record new albums. “It’s never been about the money,” he replied with a laugh. READ MORE: All 245 Who Songs Ranked Worst to Best He continued: “The Who never made any money from fucking ...
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Pete Townshend has announced the premiere of Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet, based on the Who’s classic 1973 album. The production will open in the U.K. in May 2025, following years of development after the guitarist’s wife, Rachel Fuller, created an orchestral version of the music, which was recorded in 2016. The Sadler’s Wells theater company said in a statement: “Quadrophenia defined a generation and in 1979 inspired the cult classic feature film of the same name. Now it’s back – this time as an explosive dance production… with a cast of exceptional dancers, introducing new audiences to trouble...
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Pete Townshend is feeling more like a substitute musician in the Who these days. “It’s a group of musicians that Roger [Daltrey] has chosen,” the guitarist told Mojoin May [via rockcelebrities.net]. “I have not chosen any of the musicians I tour with – not even [drummer] Zak [Starkey]. When Roger brings me onstage I am filling the shoes of a guy called Frank Simes, who Roger tours with solo, and who is a guitar player and musical director.” But, he clarified, that doesn’t mean he’s unwilling to participate. READ MORE: Top 30 Teenage Songs: Wistfulness, Angst and Rebellion “I am happy to do it,...
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Pete Townshend is packaging nine rare solo shows into a massive 14-disc set simply titled Live in Concert 1985-2001. Included are several signature performances: There are entire renditions of Lifehouse and Psychoderelict, as well as a pair of concerts at London’s Deep End featuring special guest David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. Due on July 26, Live in Concert 1985-2001 is available now for preorder. The album cover image and complete track listing are below. READ MORE: Ranking Every Song by the Who These rare recordings were initially only available through Townshend’s website, and all of them ...
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Pete Townshend "really wanted" The Who's gay manager to be "sexually attracted" to him. The 78-year-old rocker - who has three children with ex-wife Karen Astley and is now married to Rachel Fuller - had no sexual interest in Kit Lambert and had never been attracted to a man, but he longed to have the executive look at him in a different way during the making of the group's ill-fated "lost" rock opera 'Life House'. He told the Financial Times newspaper: “I loved Kit. I wasn’t homosexual, I didn’t have any homoerotic feelings and I wasn’t sexually attracted to him, but I really wanted him to be...
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Pete Townshend believes taking heroin helped him do "dangerous, radical" things. The 78-year-old rocker - who has three children with ex-wife Karen Astley and is now married to Rachel Fuller - has opened up about the struggles in his relationship with The Who's manager Kit Lambert when he was writing his infamous 'lost' rock opera 'Life House' in 1970 and insisted he doesn't blame his mentor's drug addiction for the rift. He told The Times newspaper: “I’ve used heroin myself and it doesn’t disable you. “It mostly means you don’t enjoy food or sex, but also that you don’t give a f*** and that c...
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